Recently I was reminded of one of Leslie Charteris’ Saint novellas, collected in The Ace of Knaves (occasionally AKA The […]
Streak of magenta
Dear WordPress, your “recommended tags” are garbage
I went a while without posting, so I don’t remember when WordPress.com added this alleged feature, but now when I […]
“Voter fraud” scumbaggery in Pennsylvania
Jarrett Coleman used to be a commercial pilot. I could call into question how he went through three employers between […]
Oh, hi there, winter: the unpleasantness of Daylight Saving Time
So I woke up this morning feeling better rested than I expected, started on my morning routine, and eventually noticed […]
Keeping an eye on the WordPress situation
I still scan the socials occasionally, both Mastodon and what’s left of Twitter (it’s been nearly two years since I […]
Drill Core (demo) – they mostly come out at night
I wrote the first draft of this one before Drill Core’s early-access version came out, a few weeks ago. The […]
Alice in Terrorland (2023) review
The movie opens with a teenage1 girl, Alice, sitting by the side of the road in modern-day Britain. (Maybe in […]
21 cents
This urinal belongs to a restaurant that, at the time, was running a special that came to $10.79. That isn’t […]
24. No tape for you, peon
I’m somewhat annoyed by the fact that Scotch tape is treated like a controlled substance here. This is the second […]
Ray of Infamy 